Unclear why Mike Rice's termination was without cause

7:16 PM,
Apr. 5, 2013

Written by

Keith Sargeant
| @RUScuttlebutt

Once Robert L. Barchi watched the Mike Rice practice tape, the Rutgers University president said he saw "verbal abuse with offensive language," "physical contact with ball throwing," and "episodes of homophobic slurs."

All of it added up to a clear-cut reason why Barchi said he told his athletics director, Tim Pernetti, to fire Rice immediately.

"I saw it at 10 o'clock at night (Tuesday)," Barchi said, "and the next morning the coach was fired." ...